Related Searches
Nearby Words
graciousness
[grey-shuhs] 
| Main Entry: |
courtesy
[kur-tuh-see or, for 5, kurt-see]
|
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | good manners |
| Synonyms: | address, affability, amenities, amiability, attentiveness, ceremony, chivalry, civility, comity, complaisance, consideration, cordiality, courteousness, courtliness, cultivation, culture, deference, elegance, familiarity, favor, friendliness, gallantness, gallantry, generosity, geniality, gentleness, good behavior, good breeding, graciousness, indulgence, kindness, polish, politeness, refinement, respect, reverence, solicitude, suavity, sympathy, tact, thoughtfulness, urbanity |
| Antonyms: | bad manners, discourtesy, impoliteness, pompousness, rudeness, unmannerliness |
| Main Entry: | goodness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | decency, excellence |
| Synonyms: | advantage, beneficence, benefit, benevolence, ethicality, friendliness, generosity, good will, grace, graciousness, honesty, honor, humaneness, integrity, kindheartedness, kindliness, kindness, mercy, merit, morality, nourishment, obligingness, probity, quality, rectitude, righteousness, rightness, superiority, uprightness, value, virtue, wholesomeness, worth |
| Antonyms: | evil, indecency, meanness, wickedness |
| Main Entry: | kindness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | compassion, generosity |
| Synonyms: | affection, altruism, amiability, beneficence, benevolence, charity, clemency, consideration, cordiality, courtesy, decency, delicacy, fellow feeling, forbearance, gentleness, good intention, good will, goodness, grace, graciousness, heart, helpfulness, hospitality, humanity, indulgence, kindliness, magnanimity, mildness, patience, philanthropy, serviceability, solicitousness, solicitude, sweetness, sympathy, tact, tenderness, thoughtfulness, tolerance, understanding, unselfishness |
| Antonyms: | cruelty, harshness, meanness |
| Main Entry: | refinement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cultivation, civilization |
| Synonyms: | affability, civility, courtesy, courtliness, delicacy, dignity, discrimination, elegance, enlightenment, erudition, fastidiousness, fine point, fine tuning, fineness, finesse, finish, gentility, gentleness, good breeding, good manners, grace, graciousness, knowledge, lore, nicety, nuance, polish, politeness, politesse, precision, sophistication, style, suavity, subtlety, tact, taste, urbanity |
| Antonyms: | bad manners, crudeness, rudeness |
| Main Entry: | savoir faire |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tact |
| Synonyms: | Aukflarung, cultivation, diplomacy, graciousness, poise, savoir-faire, savvy, social grace, social know-how, sophistication, suavity, worldliness |
| Main Entry: | good manners |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | social graces |
| Synonyms: | courtesy, etiquette, formality, graciousness, mannerliness, politeness, respect, respectfulness |
| Antonyms: | bad manners, discourtesy, rudeness |
| Main Entry: | affability |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | amiability |
| Synonyms: | agreeability, agreeableness, amenity, amiableness, bonhomie, congeniality, cordiality, cordialness, friendliness, geniality, good-naturedness, graciousness, niceness, pleasantness, sociability, sociableness, warmth |
| Main Entry: | agreeability |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | amiability |
| Synonyms: | affability, agreeableness, amiableness, bonhomie, congeniality, cordiality, cordialness, friendliness, geniality, genialness, good-naturedness, graciousness, pleasantness, sociability, sociableness, warmth |
| Main Entry: | agreeableness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | amiability |
| Synonyms: | affability, agreeability, amiableness, bonhomie, congeniality, cordiality, cordialness, friendliness, geniality, genialness, good-naturedness, graciousness, pleasantness, sociability, sociableness, warmth |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2012 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2012 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright © 2012. All rights reserved.
